Hay-rack



- W. P. LELAND.

Haga-Rmb No. 2243151. Patented Feb. 1o, 1880,

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WILLIAM P. LELAND, oFMENDoN, MICHIGAN.

HAY RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,451, dated February 10, 1880.

Y Applicationrled December 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. LELAND, of Mendon, in the county of St. Joseph and State ot' Michigan, have invented certain-hcw and usefulImprovements in Hay-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description ofthe invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specication. y

My invention relates to an improvement in hay-racks; and it consists in dividing the rack two separate and distinct parts, whereby either half ofthe load can be raised from the wagon directlyinto the hay-mow, as willV be more fully described hereinafter. A

Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same.

a representsa hay-rack such as is in common use for hauling hay and straw. This rack is divided across its center by means of the two crossbars c and standards d, so as to divide thc load into two separate and distinct parts. These standards d are 4placed sufficiently far apart on `the rack to allow a person to pass Afreely in andy out between them, and they thus serve not only to divide the load, but to help the man to build the load up squarely and securely. At each end of the Vrack there is also placed a standard, i, as shown. Upon the top of the end standards and two of the center standards are formed catches, projections, or tenons over which the ends of the ropes Which are to be used in tying up the load are made to catch. One end of the rope is hooked on one of the hayupon the rack, but after it .is built it is 4not so apt to fall oi while the wagon is upon the whole of it can be lifted into the inow at two pulls. t

VHaving thusy described my invention, I claim--V 'projecting up across its center, so as to divide the load into two separate and distinct parts, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of a hay-rack divided at its center by thel Iniddle standards, and provided with a standard at each end, with the looped ropes for raising each part of the load from the rack, substantially as described.

VIntestimony that I claim the foregoing I December, 1879. f

` .WILLIAM P. LELAND.'

I Witnesses :V

LEoNIDAs G. WooLLEY,

J. D. PARE.

it is not only much easier to build the load of" uneven ground, and the load is divided so that 1. A hay-rack having the central standards"k have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of 

